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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that day-care services in Loughrea are provided at the purpose-built facility on the St. Brendan's campus only one day each week with the service provided at a local hotel on other days; the progress that is being made to reinstate the service to the St. Brendan's campus on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide shower chairs for people with disabilities who cannot stand on their own; if one will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason that they have been refused a chair to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to reintroduce a quota on spurdog species in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52940/22]

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. It is welcome that we are discussing the regulation of lobbying. We need to be realistic about this. People's faith in the public and political system is at an all-time low. That is because of the behaviour of certain people. When people look at this Chamber and the debates that take place here, even though numbers of them voted for every one of us,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a full feasibility study into light rail for Galway, including very light rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding for school meals has been increased in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52572/22]

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: When speaking about regulations such as these it is hard not to think about the financial crash. I did my leaving certificate in 2008 and went on to study finance. It was ever present in all I studied at the time. An acronym that was referenced a lot was "IBGYBG", which stood for "I'll be gone. You'll be gone". I will have got my commission and the person I sold to will have sold on and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I have less than two minutes so I want to focus on the issue of our neutrality. One of the most formative experiences of my earlier political life was the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. That was a war built on lies. It is estimated to have killed between 500,000 and over 1 million people. The final chapter of the war and the resulting occupation was only closed in December 2021. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who has missed nearly ten days of school this year due to lack of transport can be approved for a school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have achieved QQI qualification in childcare, early childhood education and care, or montessori, by NFQ level, in each of the years 2000 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the difference between organisations and entities in the context of pay rises for those working in the community and voluntary sector (details supplied); if data provided as part of the Dáil debate on the issue will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if the research commissioned by his Department to inform the three-year review on the implementation of termination of pregnancy services has been completed; when this report will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52138/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on and projected timeframe for payment of the pandemic bonus for frontline workers in eligible organisations outside of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52292/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I will also say to Deputy Durkan that the 1980s seem a long time ago because they are a long time ago. I would not like to tell him when I was born. When Professor Kinsella was responding to the previous Teachta, he hit on the concept of an industrial strategy. I thank him for his presentation as well. He mentioned some of the underlying structural issues that remain unresolved. One of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fascinating. Professor Kinsella has noted different weaknesses in our current industrial strategy. We have weak linkages and spillover between the foreign direct investment, FDI, sector and indigenous businesses. Would this be different if we had a State-owned enterprise working as a strategic partner? For example, with the wind energy industry, a State company that was heavily...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is very interesting. We are talking about renewable energy but that can apply to other aspects of the different crises we are dealing with. Professor Kinsella mentioned the importance of performance budgeting. I am interested in spending that occurs through public procurement. Annually, we spend a huge amount of money on this - €20 billion, according to one source - but...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am beginning to think that Deputy Durkan is angling for Professor Kinsella’s job in terms of lecturing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank our guests for coming before us again today. In her opening statement on behalf of Ulster Bank, Ms Howard said the bank is "committed to dealing with our non-performing loans in the later stages of our withdrawal, to allow customers who are in difficulty as much time and support as possible to return to a performing position". What kind of engagement is the bank having with those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Does that mean only those that are performing will move or will the non-performing ones move too?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: There will, of course, be some loans that remain non-performing. What is going to happen to them? What impact will it have on those customers in terms of paying back their loan and their credit rating?